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Confederate patriotism refers to the patriotism of people towards the historic Confederate States of America located in what is now the southern United States.[1] This patriotism arose as a result of the rise of a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant identity initially after founding of New England Confederation and intensified as the escalation of dispute between United States Northerners and Southerners over states' rights, Southerners identified themselves as a separate group of people from the people associated with the Union whom Southerners referred to as "Yankees".[2]
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See also edit
- American Civil War
- American patriotism - associated with the Union (the patriotisms of the United States' primary rival during the American Civil War, the United States of America.)
- Confederate States of America
- Dixie
- Yankee